svchost.exe and the internet.........HELP!!

From: Neil (nruddiforth_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/06/04 

Date: 6 Feb 2004 08:25:33 -0800

Hi there

I was wondering if someone could help me?

A week ago, i installed broadband on my home computer (running Windows
2000). As soon as I was up and running I started getting this:

"Svchost.exe generated an application error and will be closed by
Windows. An error log is been genorated"

It always happened a few minutes of been logged on, and it wouldnt let
me disconect my modem, use ctrl C to copy, and my contol panel went
haywire (all the icons moved to the left hand side of the window).

I did a bit of wading around, to find a few other people were having
the same problem. So I took there advice (the best I could, I dont
really understand all the technical stuff), and did a complete windows
update via microsoft, service pack 4 etc, downloaded
Windows2000-KB823980-x86-ENU patch and ran that, downloaded Stinger
and MS Blast, and ran both of those (no MSblaster worm, but the
Stinger found one, which it got rid of), ran Spybot, and got rid of
all the Ad stuff and spyware.

I also downloaded a Firewall program from Sygate, and installed that.
Now, im not getting the svchost error message anymore, but the Sygate
Firewall is telling me after a few minutes of been logged on, someone
is trying to access my svchost.exe! (every single time I log on)

It gives me the option to allow it by clicking yes, or decline it by
clicking no. Ive been clicking no, but im worried that it might be
important for my internet connection to have my svchost accessed by my
service provider. Is this the case?

Please help. I dont know much about this sort of thing, and im worried
I might be doing the wrong thing.

Thanks for your time, I hope to hear from you all soon!

Neil

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